Clay season is coming

Atennisone · Mar 31, 2019

Federer won, and so on....

Congratulations you played great from the fourth round and on..

Big respect to Isner for finishing the match.

But!

Clay season is coming.

Federer and Del Potro · Mar 31, 2019

Here comes the Nadal

Im(moral) Winner · Mar 31, 2019

TheAssassin · Mar 31, 2019

The countdown for the grass season can begin.

Nadal_Django · Mar 31, 2019

Atennisone said:
Federer won, and so on....

Congratulations you played great from the fourth round and on..

Big respect to Isner for finishing the match.

But!

Clay season is coming.

Prepare for plenty of ruins in the next few months.

Federer and Del Potro · Mar 31, 2019

Clay Szn

ibbi · Mar 31, 2019

Can't wait for all the whining and complaining. Not real tennis, can't wait for grass season, etc. Always a not annoying time of year,

BeatlesFan · Mar 31, 2019

ibbi said:
Not real tennis, can't wait for grass season, etc. Always a not annoying time of year,

Six weeks for Roger on clay, just be patient.

Rafa.the.Magnificent · Mar 31, 2019

I can't wait! And what's more, I believe that Roger presents the bigger danger to Nadal on clay rather than Djokovic. But whatever goes on, I can't wait to see the Big 3 and all the up and comers on the European red clay!

Rafa.the.Magnificent · Mar 31, 2019

Federer and Del Potro said:
Here comes the Nadal

LOL, where on earth do you come up with these!??!

Deleted member 688153 · Mar 31, 2019

The fresh green accounts will be upon us with the melting of the snow and Nadal's guaranteed Monte Carlo victory. The injuries make it even more likely

Deleted member 77403 · Mar 31, 2019

LOL at the posts in this thread

Clay season is here, here we go!

tennis_pro · Mar 31, 2019

Nadal 3 days ago:

Nadal in 1 week:

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smoledman · Mar 31, 2019

tennis_pro said:
Nadal 3 days ago:

Nadal in 1 week:

Never in doubt.

Deleted member 77403 · Mar 31, 2019

Rafa.the.Magnificent said:
I can't wait! And what's more, I believe that Roger presents the bigger danger to Nadal on clay rather than Djokovic. But whatever goes on, I can't wait to see the Big 3 and all the up and comers on the European red clay!

Looking forward to Monte Carlo. Can't wait for it to start, want to see how Nadal responds, and if Djokovic is up for the challenge. And is Thiem finally ready?

game..set..match · Mar 31, 2019

looking forward to the clay season but I really don't want to see the buttpicker dominate again. need djokovic, thiem and others to win some titles.

Tennis_Hands · Mar 31, 2019

game..set..match said:
looking forward to the clay season but I really don't want to see the buttpicker dominate again. need djokovic, thiem and others to win some titles.

Don't worry. He won't.

Steve0904 · Mar 31, 2019

Should be good. Can't wait to watch Fed on clay again, even though it probably won't be pretty.

FRV · Mar 31, 2019

I'm definitely excited to see Roger play on clay again. I hope he is also excited and optimistic.

Federer over Nadal on clay if they meet this year.

I Am Finnish · Mar 31, 2019

Hitman said:
LOL at the posts in this thread

Clay season is here, here we go!

It is TTW what do you Expect

Eren · Mar 31, 2019

Hitman said:
Looking forward to Monte Carlo. Can't wait for it to start, want to see how Nadal responds, and if Djokovic is up for the challenge. And is Thiem finally ready?

Why wouldn't he be?

He did not prioritize IW/Miami for obvious reasons (Nole Slam). He will be out in full force.

About Thiem... well lol. Dude is a good clay courter but fact is, Zverev is above Thiem in the accomplishment metrics on clay (winning big titles, 2 M1000 titles vs. 0 M1000 titles). Let's hope that changes.

PS: Of course, Thiem is a much better CCer than Zverev.

TheMaestro1990 · Mar 31, 2019

Steve0904 said:
Should be good. Can't wait to watch Fed on clay again, even though it probably won't be pretty.

I think he will do fairly well. His movement in Miami this week is as good as it has been since the Sunshine double in 2017 imo.

Deon Sanders · Mar 31, 2019

Never forget the time clay tennis almost turned into real tennis and the athletes of the sport of clay tennis threw a hissy fit

Steve0904 · Mar 31, 2019

TheMaestro1990 said:
I think he will do fairly well. His movement in Miami this week is as good as it has been since the Sunshine double in 2017 imo.

We'll see. The serve is still his main weapon and that will get blunted a lot on clay. There are a lot of matches these days where Federer's serve makes his baseline game look better than it is or saves him outright so he better hope his movement is good is all I can say.

TheMaestro1990 · Mar 31, 2019

Steve0904 said:
We'll see. The serve is still his main weapon and that will get blunted a lot on clay. There are a lot of matches these days where Federer's serve makes his baseline game look better than it is or saves him outright so he better hope his movement is good is all I can say.

I understand your point of view. I thought the same before, but now I'm a bit more optimistic. Especially considering Djokovic's slump in form and that Nadal isn't the beast he once was. I still don't think Fed will fare well against players like Zverev or Thiem, but I don't think he will do too badly. I expect at least a SF from the clay tournies.

Mainad · Mar 31, 2019

Clay season is coming

Oh yeeeeeaaahhh!

justasport · Mar 31, 2019

I think most tennis fans are going to be very surprised at how the 2019 clay court season unfolds.

justasport · Mar 31, 2019

Especially at Roland Garros!

kishnabe · Mar 31, 2019

Time to hibernate as Tennis Fan till Grass Season shows up.

MeatTornado · Mar 31, 2019

I'm more excited for the clay season than I have been in forever. There's so many question marks.

Were Novak's sunshine struggles just a blip?

Can Rafa do it yet again? Ending the hard court season hurt and be in form for clay?

Can Roger make some noise on the dirt?

Is Thiem confident enough for the next step after finally beating a Big 3 member for his 1st Masters title?

Very curious about Zverev & Tsitsipas too.

FRV · Mar 31, 2019

justasport said:
I think most tennis fans are going to be very surprised at how the 2019 clay court season unfolds.

I really hope you are from the future and have come back in time to tell us this.

Tennis_Hands · Mar 31, 2019

Mainad said:
Clay season is coming

Oh yeeeeeaaahhh!

This year will be a little different.

Bartelby · Mar 31, 2019

Nadal comes out of Winter hibernation for his annual injury-free Spring season.

Clay season is coming

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